Razor



W H. BRASIER.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE30, 1919.

1,343,900. I PatentedJune 22,1920.

cross section showing WILLIAM HARRY BRASIER, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed June 30, 1919. Serial No. 307,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARRY BRASIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Corpus Christi, in the county of Nueces and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Razor, of which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a/ safetyrazor, and one object of the invention is to provlde an im-,

plement of the kind mentioned embodying a novel frame for holding arazor blade of any desired sort.

Another object of the invention is to provide a razor blade wherein thevibrations will not be transmitted to the carrying frame, theconstruction being such that the efficiency of the blade will beenhanced, it being well known that if vibrations of the blade travelinto the frame, the-efliciency of the blade is reduced.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combina-' tion andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat isclaimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention showncanbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with theinvention; Fig. 2 is an elevationwherein the structure is viewed at right angles to the showing of Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a plan showing the guard; Fig. 4 is a plan showing theblade in place in the holder; Fig. 5 is a perspective view delineatingthe holder; Fig. 6 is a perspective view depicting the base portion ofthe carrying frame; Fig. 7 is a plan of the blade; Fig. 8 is a crosssection showing a modified form of blade; Fig. 9 is a a still furthermodification in the blade; ig. 10 is a cross section wherein a modifiedform; of blade appears; and Fig. 11 is a transverse section showing theblade construction embodied in a common razor not of the safety type. I

In carrying out the invention as disclosed in Figs. 1 to 6, there isprovided a trough- Y shaped base 1 having an elongated transverse slot2, the base being provided at its edges with supports 3 and 4, thesupport 3 having an overhanging flange 5, and the support 4 having anoverhanging flange 6. a finger 7 is struck outwardly from the flange 5.A the flange 6, and upon either side of the tongue there are eyes 9.

The invention comprises a holder, denoted generally by the numeral 10,the holder including a strip 11 having cross arms 12 adjacent to itsends. The holder includes, further, a strip 14, alined with the strip11. The strips 14 and 11 may be connected, at one end, for relativemovement, in any desired way. In the present instance, but not ofnecessity, the strips are depicted as connected by an eye l5, havingsome resiliency, so that the strips 11 and 14 normally tend to swingapart, as shown in Fig. 5. The eye 15 is received between the eyes 9 ofthe baseportion of the carrying frame, a pivot element 16 being extendedthrough the eyes 15 and 9, the holder, thus, being pivoted at one end tothe base portion of the structure. The free ends of the strips 11 and 14are supplied with openings 17, adapted to coact with the finger 7, in away to be described hereinafter.

' The invention comprises a guard l8 provided along one edge withrelatively short teeth 19, adapted to be used in shaving, the guardbeing supplied, along its opposite edge, with longer teeth 20, adaptedfor use in hair cutting. There is a threaded opening 21 in the guard 18.The device includes a handle 22 having a reduced stem 23, there being ashoulder 24 at the inner end of the stem. The extremity of the stem 23is threaded at 25 to cooperate with the opening 21 in the guard 18.

The numeral 26 designates a blade, which may be of any desiredconstruction.

In practical operation, the blade 26 is placed between the strips 11 and14 of the holder 10 and" the holder is swung on its pivotal connection15-169 with the body of the carrying frame, until the cross arms 12 reston the flanges 5 and 6, and until the strips 14 and 11 are inapproximate parallelism,-to grip the blade 26. The finger 7 is engagedin the openings.17, and, thus, the strips 11 and 14are held in grippingrelation with respect to the blade 36, the holder 10, as an entity,being prevented spring tongue 8 is struck from V respective flanges fromswinging backwardly on the pivotal connection 159-16. The guard 18 isinserted between the supports 3 and 4 and the 5 and 6. The stem 23 ofthe handle 22 extends through the slot 2 of the base 1, the threadedportion 25 of the stem being received in the opening 21, of the guard18, the guard thus being bound against the supports 3 and 4. Obviously,by rotating the handle 23 until the shoulder 24 no longer is boundagainst the central portion of the base 1, the guard 18 may be adjustedtransversely, the stem of the guard moving in the slot 2. In this way,the teeth 19 or the teeth 20 of the guard may be adjusted properly withrespect to the cutting edges of the blade 26, thereby to facilitate theoperation of shaving, or the operation of hair cutting. When the finger7 is disengaged from the openings 17, the strip 14 tends to swing awayfrom the strip 11, thereby freeing the blade 26. When the finger 7 isdisengaged from the openings 17 as aforesaid, the spring tongue 8,bearing against the strip 11, near the pivoting eye 15, tends to swingthe strip 11 away from the base 1. The base 1, being of trough-shape, isadapted to receive the lather which is scraped off the face, in shaving.The construction of the device is such that it may be opened readily,for cleaning and for other purposes.

A salient and important feature of the invention remains yet to bediscussed, and in this connection it may be stated that the efficiencyof a razor blade, so far as cutting is concerned, depends in no smalldegree upon the vibrations of the blade, the efficiency of the blade asa cutting medium being reduced, if vibrations pass into the carryingframe, whereas, upon the other hand, the efiiciency of the blade isenhanced, if the vibrations are prevented from pass ing into the frame.In order to prevent the vibrations from passing into the frame, asaforesaid, the blade may be constructed variously. Thus, as shown inconnection with the blade 26, the blade may have longitudinal slots 27adjacent to one edge, these slots being disposed in alternating order.Adjacent to its opposite edge, the blade 26 may be corrugated, as shownat 28.

, The blade may be in the form designated by the numeral 29 in Fig. 7the blade hav ing longitudinal slots 30, adjacent to both of its edges.The blade may be corrugated,

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as indicated at 31 in Fig. 8 or it may have a trough-like longitudinalrib shown at 32 in Fig. 9. In Fig. 10, the blade is of concave-convexform, as designated by the numeral 33. In any event, the blade isaltered mechanically, in some way, so as to prevent thevibrations of theblade from passing into the frame. It is to be observed that the strips11 and 14 on the holder 10 engage the blade along its longitudinalcenleaving the edge portions of the blade comparatively free forvibration. The end portions of the blade are supported on the cross arms12:

In Fig. 11, an ordinary razor blade 34% appears, the same havingcorrugations 35 which prevent the vibrations from passing into the ribat the back of the blade.

Although the blades have been described in considerable detail, it willbe understood that the carrying frame shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 isadapted to be used in connection with a blade of any desired sort, andthat the blades, upon the other hand, may be used with a carrying framediffering from the one above alluded to.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A safetyrazor comprising a troughshaped base provided at its edges with supportshaving overhanging flanges; a guard between the supports and theflanges; a holder comprising cooperating superposed parts connected atone end and having free ends, means for pivoting the holder to onesupport at the place of connection between the parts of the holder; adetachable connection between the free ends of the parts of the holderand the other support; and a handle movably mounted in the base andengagin the guard.

2 X device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim '1,and further characterized by the provision of spring means carried bythe first specified support and cooperating with the holder to swing thefree ends of the parts of the holder away from the other support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HARRY BRASIER.

Witnesses LOUANNIE SANDERS, S. O. EARLY.

